Combination order-chart and commodity-cabinet.



I. BOYE.

COMBINATION ORDER CHART AND COMMODITY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5. I916.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

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J. H. BOYE.

COMBINATION ORDER CHART AND COMMODITY CABINET. APPLICATION FILED APR s. 1916.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 5.19I6.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

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- which will chine parts, or repairs,

JAMES H. BOYE,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR-TO THE BOYE NEEDLE COMPANY, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 015 ILLINOIS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES H. Born, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Gom bination Order- Chart and Commodity- Cabinet, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to a combination order-chart and commoditycabinet. The commodity-cabinet herein shown is of the construction described and claimed in my Patent No. 946,852, Jan. 18, 1910.

The primary granted object of the present inve tion is to provide a simple and cheap combination commodity-cabinet and order-chart, enable small articles or parts to be stored and dispensed with facility, and which will facilitate the ordering of mawhere it is inconvenient for the dealer to carry the same in stock. The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 represents a plan view of a combination commodity-cabinet and order chart embodying my invention, the order-chart being shown in the partially exposed or open position, and certain parts being shown brokenly; Fig. 2, a broken vertical sectional view taken as indicated at line 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a vertical view, showing the orderchart in section and the cabinet casing brokenly in elevation; and Fig. 4, a bottom plan view of the device, showing the orderchart in the position which it occupies when housed beneath the commodity-cabinet.

In the illustration given, A represents a commodity-cabinet provided with feet or legs A and B, an order-chart which is normally housed beneath the commodity-cabinet, but which may be withdrawn or extended, at will, to enable the order-chart to be consulted. I

The structure of the commodity-cabinet A is practically the same as that disclosed in the above-mentioned patent. The commodity-cabinet comprises a casing 1, and a rotary carrier 2 mounted on a shaft 2 equipped at its upper end with an index pointer 2 hich serves also as a means for rotatin the shaft 2. and the carrier which is fine to rotate therewith. The index P inter plate a e a dia with which Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 5, 1916.

COMBINATION ORDER-CHART AND COMMODITY-CABINET.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

Serial No. 89,233.

the casing-top is provided. The casing-top is also provided with a hand-opening 1", guarded by a closure 1 The carrier is provided with sockets adapted to receive flanged tubes or containers 3, which may contain various sizes of needles, for instance. The needle-tubes may ,be loaded in the carrier 2, on various segments thereof, according to the needle sizes corresponding with the numbering of the dial 1 The carrier may be turned to bring any selected size of needle beneath the handopening 1", at will.

A carrier-lock a, co-acting with the closure 1, is shown, this device being constructed and operated as disclosed in said patent. The device 4 serves to lock the carrier when the closure is thrown to the open osition.

The order-chart B comprises a housingdisk 5, provided with a segmental opening 5; and a parts-chart 6 journaled to rotate with relation to the housing-disk 5, and equipped at its edge with a radially projecting thumb-piece or handle 6.

The housing-disk 5 is provided with a down-turned marginal flange 5*, which encircles the circumference of the disk 6; and applied to the marginal portion of the disk 5 are U-shaped bracket members 5 to which are firmly secured the ends of abar 5 which is disposed below the chart disk 6.

The bar 5, which is rigidly secured disk 5 through the medium of the bracket members 5, is slidably mounted on an arm 7 which is pivotally connected, as indicated at 7, to one of the legs A The parts-chart 6 is firmly secured to a central sleeve 8, journaled on a stud 9, whose lower end slidably engages a slot 9 with which the arm 7 is provided. To the upper end of the sleeve 8 is secured an index pointer 10, by means of which the parts-chart 6 may be rotated with relation to the housing 5. The index pointer 10 is provided with a series of perforations or sight-openings 10 The supporting bar 5 of the housing 5 is also equipped with a guide stud 11, adapted to move in a longitudinal guide-slot 12 with which the arm 7 is provided near its point of pivotal connection with the leg A The top of the cabinet casing 1 is provided with a column or circle of needle numbers 13, containing numerals arbitrarily applied t n ed es tar e i g machine a various to the is divided into segments 6, 6 etc. Each tion heneatl'ithe cabinet." In the position go and 17 on the top of the casing 1; and the by cause the order-chart to move away troi'n' character (in this'instance, I) may thushe ters on the casing of the comuioditv cahinet 120 1 a known, WHGTGHPOH the lDClGX pointer may identified with the reference characters on the proper illustrations of'machine parts to the combination of a commodity-cabinethay toot chart and the list ofscwing machine illustrations of the V makes; and adjacent the circle of needle small articles to be stored and vended with numbers, the cas' top provided with a facilit ig and the assoc ation of the! order Presser-foot chart 1% containing the con chart with the cabinet enables parts which figurations of presser-teet of sewing mai'znot be conveniently carried in stock by chines of various makes. identified with the the dealer to he ordered with facility from 70 resser-foot chart H is a series of letters the manufacturer. hr characters 15. The top or" the casing l is In the illustration given, the cahinetJ-i is also provided with a list of sewing machine sho'un provided with three legs A wh ch names 16; and associated with the names of are equidistant from each other andavlnch the various makes of sewing machines a project some distance beyond the circum- :5 column of needle-tube numbers 1?, 'Wlilfill ierence of the cabinet. Theorder-chart B correspond with the numbers in the circular is adapted to pass between the leg to which column 13. it is attached and another leg, in the opera- The upper surface 01 the parts-chart 6 tion of swinging the order-chart to a posisegment isprovidco -with illustrations 18 of shown in Fig; 1, ordenchart Elias not the parts oi a sewing machine of given make, been moved or slid outwardly on the arm the several segments being thus used for 7. In practice, however, the chart maybe illustrations ofthe parts of the different slid outwardly to fully expose the chart. makes of sewingmachines; Associated with i l hen the order-chart is swung underothe 5 the various figures illustrating the sewing commodity-cabinet one edge of the ordermachine parts i re corresponding,ordernumchart Will engage the adjacent leg otthe ers. commodity-cabinet thereby causing the The index pointer 10, which series as a order-chart to slide toward the pivot pormeans for rotating the parts-chart 6, plays tion of the. arm '7; and after the large overa dial on the upper surface of the diameter'of the OldBl' Cl1fllt has passed the housingilislr The dial 19 is provided leg of the cahinetgithe'edge portion ,ofthe with a circle of numerals 19 which come order-chart ashort distance from the pivotal spend With the numerals in the columns 13 point T Will engage the stop 7 and theredial-i9is further provided with reference the ivotal-pointi so that the order chart lettersor characters 20, which are radially will he housed in auooncentric "position hearrangeo, and which correspond With the neath the cabinet, as shoWninFig. 3. reference letters in the column 15 associated The foregoing detailed description has With the pressenfoot chart 1%. been given for clearness of understanding" Whena customer desires to secure parts only and no unnecessary limitation should for a sewingmachine, and knows the name be understood therefrom-,hut the appended of the manufacturer of the machine, the claims should he construedas broadlyas name may he located on the chart l6, and permissihlein View of the prior art. i

the corresponding needle-tube number may l regard as new andfdesire to sehe used in locating the segment 01 the chart cureihy 'LettersPatent is: 6 WhlCll illustrates the parts of the machine. 1. "In means of'the character set 'forth, the

or instance, in Fig. 1 the numeral 4 corcombination of a commoditymaloinet, and an responds with the name of the litlascot marder-chart normally housed beneath said chine; and the inner pointer lOmay be cabinet andradaptedtorhe withdrawntoan 11o turned until the numeral 1 in the dialexposed positioinsaicl order-chart compriscolumn l9" appears'beneath the inner sight ing a housing provided with a segmental opening-.10 l i lien this occurs, the illusopening and ii ith a dialequipned with ref tration of parts tor the Mascot machine will erence characters, and 'a rotary parts-chart appear beneath the segmental opening 5 hearing illustrations of machine parts for 115 of the housing 5. lVhen the name of the diii ereiit machines" on difierent segments manufacturer is not known, the presserd'oot thereof and equipped withan'index pointer ofthe machine may be applied to the through the medium of which the partspresser-foo't chart 1%, and'the corresponding chart maybe turned, and reference charach'eturned-to bringthe letter I beneath one the dial of the orderchart. oi? the sight-openings 10 which will cause 2. in means of the character set forth, appear beneath the-segmental opening 5' mg its top provided with a presser-foot chart 125 It will he understood that the presserand reference characters associatedwith the arious presser-feet, and mines given are partial only. for sake an order chart normally housed'beneath the of simplicity. Q coiumodity-cahinet and WithdraWahle to an i he commodity-cabinet described enables exposed position said order-chart commas 1 5G ing a housin having a segmental opening and having also a dial provided with reference characters corresponding with said first named reference characters, a parts-chart in said housing having segments bearing illustrations of parts of different makes of machines, and an index pointer adapted to move over said dial and to serve as a means for rotating said parts-chart.

3. In means of the character set forth, the combination of a commodity-cabinet provided with legs, and an order-chart carried by an arm pivotally connected with a leg of said cabinet, said order-chart adapted to be housed beneath said cabinet and comprising a housing mounted on said arm and provided with a segmental opening and equipped with a dial, a parts-chart journaled to rotate with relation to said housing and having segments bearing illustrations of parts of different machines, and an index pointer playing over said dial and serving as a means for rotating said parts-chart.

i. In means of the character set forth, the combination of a commodity-cabinet, an arm pivotally connected therewith and &

adapted to swing to a position beneath the cabinet, and an order-chart slidably mounted on said arm, said order-chart comprising a housing provided with a segmental opening and a disk having sectors bearing illustrations of parts of different machines, said disk being mounted on a central shaft equipped at its upper end with an index pointer, and said housing bearing a dial over which said index pointer plays.

5. In means of the character set forth, the combination of a connnodity-cabinet, an arm pivotally supported at a point near the periphery of the casing of said cabinet and adapted to swing beneath the cabinet, and an order-chart comprising a housing slidably mounted on said arm and provided with a segmental opening and with a dial, a parts-chart bearing on different sectors thereof illustrations of parts of different machines, a central shaft carrying said parts-chart and journaled in said housing, and an index pointer attached to the upper end of said shaft and playing over said dial.

JAMS H. BOYE.

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